Nostalgia Highway

1957 Chevrolet Corvette

(October 19, 2022) Mecum Auctions is well known for setting records and taking on never-before-achieved challenges, and the company took it to another level this past weekend by holding two auctions simultaneously in two different cities located a full 600 miles apart. One of the events, Mecum Chicago 2022, was held Oct. 13-15 in Schaumburg, Ill., and brought $15.2 million in total sales, while the other, Mecum Chattanooga 2022, was held Oct. 14-15 in Tennessee and reached overall sales totals of $21.2 million.

Photos courtesy of Kraupie's Auctioneers

By Daniel Stroll
Hemmings

(October 6, 2022) Rob van Vleet has so many old cars and trucks — mostly trucks — scattered across the grasslands of western Nebraska that he has entirely forgotten about some in particular and has lost track of precisely how many he currently owns. Somewhere between 1,500 and 1,800, he figures.

1969 Dodge Daytona

(September 16, 2022) Mecum’s Dallas 2022 classic and collector car auction lent credence to the claim that everything is bigger in Texas with a record-setting total achieved at the 12th annual event in one of the Lone Star State’s most populous cities. A total of 1,191 vehicles hammered sold in just four days, Sept. 7-10, for an 84% sell-through rate and more than $55.2 million in sales, which amounted to a 50% increase over the auction’s previous record total of $36.8 million. The number of consignments increased by 45% over last year’s Dallas event, and ticket sales saw a 60% increase.

1925 American National pedal car

(September 2, 2022) WALWORTH, Wis.— Following months spent taking inventory, capturing photography, performing research and preparing the nearly 2,000 lots that make up the Elmer’s Auto and Toy Museum Collection, the full list of consignments has been announced by Mecum Auctions for the entirely no-reserve sale to be held Sept. 14-17 in Fountain City, Wis.